Sauté onion in butter until translucent. Add flour, and cook for 3 min. more. Add potatoes and broth, and simmer until potatoes are tender. Add peas, and cook for another couple of min. Puree soup in a blender, dividing into batches if needed. Return to soup pot, and stir in remaining ingredients. Heat through.
Heat and grease griddle. Combine all but the last ingredient, and pour batter into desired sized pancakes. Flip when bubbly, until each side is golden. Serve w/ syrup.
Preheat oven to 350º. Mix together all but the first ingredient. Toss in the “bacon” until well-covered. Place the “bacon” on a nonstick foil-lined baking sheet, and bake for about 30 min. until crisp but not dark.
Preheat oven to 300º. Combine all ingredients but the last, and spread in a rimmed baking sheet. Bake, stirring every 10 min., for about 40-45 min. (until golden and dry). Stir in last ingredient, and spread onto waxed paper to cool.
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